Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)

The Minister is aware of the statistics which are referred to in the question but he has not stated the steps he intends taking. Many of the companies involved in sending as much as 60% of waste to landfill are the big waste companies such as Oxygen, Thornton and Panda. There is big money to be made by waste recycling companies who are enjoying huge profit margins as private companies are entitled to do. This Minister is a member of the Green Party and his policy should be that of the polluter pays but the Government of which he is a member is actually paying these companies to pollute.

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